Understanding Your Phone 41
Entering Text Using Swype
Swype is a text input method that allows you to enter a word
by sliding your finger or stylus from letter to letter, lifting your
finger between words. Swype uses error correcting
algorithms and a language model to predict the next word.
Swype also includes a touch predictive text system.
Enabling and Configuring Swype
To enable the Swype keyboard while entering text:
1. Touch the top of the screen and swipe downward, to
display the Notification Panel.
The Notification Panel displays.
2. Touch
Select input method
.
The Select input method pop-up displays.
3. Touch
Swype
.
The Welcome to Swype! pop-up displays.
4. Touch
Continue
.
The Backup & Sync pop-up displays.
5. Follow the on-screen instructions and touch
Register
or
Skip
.
6. Touch
How to Swype
,
Gestures
, or
Swype
, or touch
Start Swyping
to use Swype.
The Swype keyboard displays.
Swype Tips
The following example shows how to enter the word “This”.
Put your finger down on the “T”, and without lifting, glide it
to the “h”, then to the “i” then over to the “s”.
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